About USC Gould

USC Gould is a top-ranked law school with a 115-year history and reputation for academic excellence. We are located on the beautiful 228-acre USC University Park Campus, just south of downtown Los Angeles.

Careers

We work closely with students, graduates and employers to support successful career goals and outcomes. Our overall placement rate is consistently strong, with 94 percent of our JD class employed within 10 months after graduation.

Associate Dean and Dean of Career Services

Elizabeth Armour is the associate dean and dean of career services. Armour is a national leader in the career services and legal recruitment arena, with extensive experience in both private law firms and private law schools. Prior to joining the USC Gould School of Law, Armour served for over a decade as the leader of Boston University School of Law’s Career Development Office, and most recently has been with Suffolk University Law School. She is a past president of NALP, twice served on its board of directors, and has chaired and served on numerous NALP committees. Armour is also active in the Association of American Law Schools, having served on the Executive Board of the Student Services section and as a member of the Institutional Advancement section. A native of Oakland, California, Armour holds an AB from Smith College.

FACULTY IN THE NEWS

Orin Kerr had comments cited about a possible payment President Donald Trump's lawyer made to an adult-film star to remain silent about a sexual relationship with Trump. “All Cohen says is that he used his personal funds to ‘facilitate a payment of $130,000,'” Kerr writes. “To ‘facilitate’, the dictionary tells us, means to assist with or to make something easier. Given that, I would think that the most literal reading of Cohen’s statement is just that he used his own funds to arrange the payment.” MSNBC also cited the comments.